Many of us have spent recent days poring over our travel photographs, reminded of a time when we could immerse ourselves in a new place with hardly any worry. I asked Star Tribune photographers to do the same and was rewarded with a global gallery, some of which I am sharing here. Among those from Brian Peterson was an image of a snow monkey, taken when he was in Japan to cover the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. The mutual interest between man and monkey charmed me. Other photographers’ shots — a man atop a gravel pile in Pakistan, a souvenir hawker in Paris, a patriotic VW Bug set off against a white barn — stirred different emotions. These days, travel destinations are quiet, their streets and beaches empty. But the pictures here let us slip away for a moment to places that will one day bubble again with life.

Travel editor Kerri Westenberg has twice been named Travel Journalist of the Year by the Society of American Travel Writers. She previously worked at Bon Appetit, Cooking Light and National Geographic magazines.Westenberg’s writing has appeared in National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Real Simple and other national publications.